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| Beautifully illustrated, Collectible Beads meticulously explores and documents the rise and development of a unique passion. The authoritative bead resource takes you on a rich and exciting journey of discovery, charting the worldwide phenomenon of ancient, ethnographic and contemporary beads as collectibles. In celebrating the first and most universal form of personal adornment, Ornament Coeditor Robert K. Liu expertly details the history of beads as a revealing and inspiring symbol of humanity’s cultural and spiritual aspirations.
256 pages in full color, with 310 photographs, 9 x 11.5 inches. Glossary.
Organizations. References and Bibliography. Index. Cloth hardcover,
with laminated dust jacket, and plastic-wrapped for protection. Complete
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© 1995-2011 by Robert K. Liu and Ornament Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Our upcoming issue 36.3 contains
Eleanor Moty
Lola Brooks
Smithsonian Craft Show
SNAG Conference
Women Working Words-Facèré
Some of Our Popular Articles
Cristóbal Balenciaga Fashion as
Refined Art
Arline Fisch, Distinguished Artist
Polymer Clay,
A Modern Medium Comes of Age
Islamic Glass Beads,
The Well-Traveled Ornament
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show 2012
Zhandra Rhodes The Art of Significant Loveliness
Wabanaki Textiles, Clothing and Costume




